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U-46 proposes AP options, new resources for Spanish, French and German and classroom cultural funds
Summary
District officials recommended adopting Wayside Publishing resources for German, French and Spanish, adding AP French and AP German as fourth-year options and expanding cultural-library funds; administrators estimated a six-year cost of about $930,000.
School District U-46 curriculum leaders on March 24 asked the Board of Education to approve new instructional materials and a fourth-year pathway plan for high-school world languages, including recommending AP French and AP German as fourth-year options and expanding existing Spanish pathways.
Assistant Superintendent Brian Tennison and Jacob Van de Mortel, coordinator of K–12 social studies and world languages, presented a materials-and-implementation package that builds on the district’s existing proficiency-based program. The recommendation would extend Wayside Publishing resources across German, French and Spanish high-school sequences, fund classroom libraries and provide cultural-experience…
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